I went through the Greek system at OU and OSU in the 1980s and it ruined college for me because it was overtly racist. I had grown up in Tulsa and played high school football, and we had Asians, Hispanics, and white and black players on the team from childhood, and race was never an issue. It wasn’t tolerated that you would look down on a team mate that proved themselves, regardless of what their race was. But outside of football, there was decided racism, and when I went to college, I was prepared to love the Greek system, and it was racist as all get out. This is nothing new at these schools, and it ruined college for me, because I was truly dissapointed to see it.
Yes, there were black fraternities like Alpha Phi Alpha, but they were never included with the white fraternities. Those were formed because there was no outlet for people I had played football with and gone to class with to hang out with the white folk at college.
This kind of thing has been covered up and gone on in secret for far too long.
That’s it! Shut down their football program.
Weren’t SAE the guys that always wore ties?